The final report from an audit of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' lectern controversy, or #LecternGate, was released this week
Thursday, April 18, 2024 2:59AMthe center of a controversy in Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office
A Republican state senator had requested the probe last year, after the lectern's high price tag sparked scrutiny and captured national attention including a jab from late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Sanders' deputy chief of staff, Judd Deere, told lawmakers that she plans to use the lectern now that the audit is complete, previously having not wanted it to be a distraction.
Sanders, a former Trump White House official and daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, has been seen as a rising star in the Republican Party.of the lectern to social media this week that said "COME AND TAKE IT.
The report included a breakdown of the total cost as follows: $11,575 for the lectern itself, $2,500 for a consulting fee, $2,200 for a travel case, $1,225 for freight shipping and hand delivery of the lectern, $975 for freight shipping for the travel case and $554 for a credit card processing fee. Beckett and Stone were previously hired by Sanders' office to help with advance planning on her gubernatorial inauguration and the 2023 GOP response to the State of the Union address. They were also at the Paris Air Show last June, which Sanders also attended, the same month the lectern was purchased.
Sanders' spokesperson said last fall that use of a state credit card for the purchase was "an accounting error."
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